The theatre’s energy changed as the orchestra went dark for the third and final part of the night’s mixed program, sizzling with an electricity that transcended your usual World Premiere static. Since her first piece for the National Ballet of Canada, Emergence, premiered in 2009, Crystal Pite has become globally renown and sought after.
Read MoreThough it would eventually be dignified by Giuseppe Verdi as ‘the most beautiful opera buffa in existence’, the very first 1816 performance of Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville was bumbled enough to rival its intentional comedic content.
Read MoreEach of the pieces presented in Program 2 of “Toronto’s premier international dance festival” featured live music, something I hope Fall For Dance North will continue to prioritize as they move forward from their 5th year hosting dance companies from across the globe.
Read MoreResonance uses the irresistible beat of live musicians to chart the stages of a popular revolution as it unfurls, infects, and blends each individual with the blurred flow of the masses.
Read MoreThe world needs more of what dance: made in canada / fait au canada festival’s closing performance offered simply by incubating a safe environment for male artists to share deeply and openly. Curated by the festival director herself, each work features all-male dancers exploring the roles men can engage, transgress, and transcend with each other.
Read MoreUnion, communion, and communication were frustrated and fulfilled by varying degrees in each of the pieces Lina Cruz chose for her series, with speech and the desire to speak lining much of the staged movement.
Read More“I told the story of reality to myself as if it were a fiction, for to be immersed in anything less would have burned the skin off me neatly as real uranium.”
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